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Current Challenges<br />

• Expansion of therapeutic options<br />

– Medications<br />

– Delivery systems<br />

• Complexity of regimens<br />

• High-risk medications<br />

• Patient acuity<br />

• Educational needs<br />

Pharmacotherapy Timeline<br />

• 1960-1980…empiric/various vasodilators<br />

• 1980… oral anticoagulants, calcium channel<br />

blockers, lung/heart transplantation<br />

• 1996… epoprostenol<br />

• 2001… bosentan<br />

• 2002… treprostinil subcutaneous (SC)<br />

• 2004… treprostinil intravenous (IV), iloprost<br />

• 2005… sildenafil<br />

• 2007… ambrisentan<br />

• 2009… tadalafil, treprostinil inhaled<br />

• 2010… thermostable epoprostenol<br />

Evaluating Prostacyclin Safety<br />

• Surveys of PAH centers<br />

– University Hospital Consortium (UHC)<br />

– Phone interview – 18 large PAH centers<br />

– Electronic ec o c su survey ey – convenience co e e ce sa sample p e oof aall<br />

PAH centers in US (n=97)<br />

Kingman MS, et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010;29:841-846.<br />

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